From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 26 17:00:36 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 697E6106568F for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:00:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ncrogers@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f183.google.com (mail-px0-f183.google.com [209.85.216.183]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391478FC1B for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi13 with SMTP id 13so3314044pxi.3 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:00:35 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=MpM64hQp4IA+PCeh7agTRvTqOlkccx9l6k/YHviUmfw=; b=E1+pqJdcGdlMmZAovh6i0xV8Rrp4UhhfPHe0VvZT/Dj4LfcAlrllzR+qnNqJ0PRU+k cvxKMxOZn+9ydPBvmWvSQ/0w/jm6uyMcJ44mofl0s8Z58McRlDUw8/61X0gSRvnu1Pm/ y7lweaPTbzZUBEFff1A9V1KUrbEawejVt0n7E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=GlXltw3wl0DvIieXYFqdlPD6wWn+//qxJetEaALUaSQgo9pJahWFvMLem31fLMgidg iLcJkXQHNtL46QInoIOivXOeQfcVj8t2mzOgFNa5JoOaPME6PBz/9u9LE6zhaXFuEd50 yV5JoBB3Qh38Ldpw7pVlilyB2P6tKA+xNNq3U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.25.29 with SMTP id c29mr5237108wfj.111.1264525235632; Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:00:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <33c6b0bc1001252031k508426bfh25fad65e9223d87@mail.gmail.com> References: <20091201.102925.218343479.hrs@allbsd.org> <20091203.182931.129751456.hrs@allbsd.org> <4B43F6EE.3010308@ucla.edu> <147432021001242047k659a26d0s44b35164920aeb74@mail.gmail.com> <95D3CB82-BC44-491D-86E4-5CB82F89C0FC@nokia.com> <147432021001250825p202914a7ka5a2c1d28d96bac3@mail.gmail.com> <20100125182257.GG1187@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <147432021001251038r69393ab3m1a797e58f9fa905a@mail.gmail.com> <02307620-ECDC-4E8B-A5B1-FF8491E226C4@nokia.com> <33c6b0bc1001252031k508426bfh25fad65e9223d87@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:00:35 -0800 Message-ID: <147432021001260900p60ed1804t97392d2dff5cd244@mail.gmail.com> From: Nick Rogers To: Joshua Boyd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: "stable@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: em interface slow down on 8.0R X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:00:36 -0000 Is it advisable to patch 8.0-RELEASE kernel sources with the latest (CURRENT) em driver (i.e., src/sys/dev/e1000)? It looks like there are some updates to the driver since 8.0-RELEASE that may fix some problems? On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Joshua Boyd wrote: > I've been having a similar problem with my network dropping completely on > my > 8-STABLE gateway/firewall/fileserver. My setup is a little different, as I > have re0 and ral0 bridged for LAN, and em0 for WAN. I've just turned off TX > checksum offloading to see if that makes any difference. > \\ >